Come on everyone, just admit that this guy is ripe for the picking, going downhill fast and has done nothing worthy of P4P rankings except for recieving 2 gift wins over Hopkins and 1 gift draw over Wright, then a sloppy win over an overrated 154 pound light hitting swarmer and a legitimate, but "barely" winning effort against an average sized LMW whom any P4P MIDDLE would have DECIMATED. The hilarious thing is that fanboys predicted he'd be an "ATG" before the Wright fight happened...... **** Jermain Taylor, the joker is going down soon and will be brutally KTFO, cementing him in the soon to be remade 2007 Chin Checklist as This content is protected . Bye bye Jermain.:hi: You won't be missed when it comes.:yep
You could be right, BUT, if you're not, I will remind you and people of your Taylor hating ilk how wrong you were.
Well, just going off of how Hopkins never being a monsterous puncher, especially in the later years where he utilised tactics over anything, and had him stumbling across the ring... What's a real MW hitter or SMW hitter going to do then? Put him away.
Hopkins won the their fights, especially impressive considering that it was Taylor's PEAK seemingly and that Hopkins was having trouble with the weight and was 41 years old. Winky also won, 8-4 I may add, impressive since he lacks any MW punching power at all, but had him scrambling to the ropes often and even buzzed him a few times. Expect Miranda, Pavlik or Abraham to all remove Taylor by KO if they every get a chance, then if Taylor jumps to SMW, expect any of the top 10 to remove him by KO.
And from that, what does it say about the entire American boxing scene. It tells us that it is built up on lies.
Last 5 opponents. Joppy. Hopkins twice. Winky. Ouma. Spinks. Not a bum in the lot. Of course he hasnt looked as unbeatable as he did against the scrubs he fought leading up to these fights...he is fighting very good to GREAT fighters. And the arguement that he lost a few of those fights doesnt matter. He fought the best and stayed competative in every fight. Just for the fact that he fights the best fighters out there, rather than going the easy route and taking on the ABC belts mandatories speaks LARGE volumes to what kind of fighter he is!!! He is unarguably top ten p4p. (BTW, I feel he lost once to Hop...I was ok with the draw to Winky...and he beat Spinks)
I'm sorry but I picked against Taylor twice with b-hop and with Wright but I clearly saw two wins and a draw. Everyone has their bias and opinions and are entitled to such, but I cannot give Taylor as much **** as so many. What you have is a Champion who has been willing to fight and take on the best. It's a damn shame a lot of other Champ's dont have that same mentality:good At least taylor will make/take the fights that will someday perhaps give his detractors what they seek:yep
Not really...many American posters who take an interest in European fighters/fighters of European extraction usually have something apposite to add...and when they write them off humurously, I am the first to laugh with them!:good